◇ Heritage No. :0140
◇ Collection Name:Surabaya tripod
◇ Historical date:the Eastern Han Dynasty
◇ Collection Size:131*90*21cm
◇ Collection Source:Unearthed in Biantang, Jiawang, Xuzhou
Light relief. The picture is carved with waterside pavilions, swimming fish, Hu people shooting deer, etc. The historical story "Surabaya takes the tripod" is carved in the next box. According to the Records of the Historian, the Records of Emperor Wu, "Yu collected the gold of the nine herdsmen and cast the nine tripods like the nine states." The nine tripods are the symbol of kingship. The Historical Records of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty recorded that the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty patrolled the world, "After passing through Pengcheng, fasting and praying in the temple, he wanted to go out of the Surabaya of the Zhou Ding, so that thousands of people could not find water to seek it and get it." The "Water Sutra Note Surabaya" recorded that "when the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, the tripod was seen in the Surabaya... the tripod was in line, but before it came out, the dragon teeth gnawed its line." This picture depicts the tense scene when the dragon bites the tripod rope.